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BP has made the commitment; Call on Monday From: George Woodall <woodallg@api.org> To: "List: Bz Health Research Consortium (E-mail)" <rasa-benz-consortium@api.org> Cc: Bill Frick <frick@api.org>, Howard Feldman <feldman@api.org>, John Wagner <wagner@api.org>, Paula Podhasky <podhaskyp@api.org> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:30:04 +0100 To all, I just got off the phone with Chris Roythorne who indicated that he had a successful conversation with John Manzoni (BP Regional President, Eastern United States), and that BP is "in". This was the last of the five core companies to indicate a commitment. API will now press forward with a commitment letter to the University of Colorado. I will also be sending this information to Rich Irons at his hotel in Shanghai so that he can proceed with his meeting with the Chinese hematologists and other researchers. Thanks to the efforts of this group, it looks as if we can now proceed with the next phase in this process which will be formalizing the consortium. Please start thinking about dates for a meeting for the Executive Oversight Committee and who will represent each of the companies on that committee, as well as on all of the other committees. Also a reminder that we have a conference call on Monday, July 2 at 1:00PM EDT, details below. Call Title: Benzene Consortium Moderator: George Woodall, API Call-in Numbers: (800)282-2343 -or- (703)736-7274 Confirmation Number: 535 9636 Have a good weekend, George M. Woodall, Ph.D. Senior Toxicologist American Petroleum Institute 1220 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel. (202)682-8067 Fax. (202)682-8031 ********************* CGU BEN0000122